Tuesday, September 3, 2013

I love the first day of school. Even now, when I'm not in school, and my children are not old enough yet, I still love it.

It's so neat to open up my Instagram and Facebook and see my friends' kids going off to school. Makes me teary-eyed for them.

Not sure what it is with these photos lately (the past few weeks,

since everyone starts school at different times. LOL), but they make me cry.

I guess because I remember when my friends' "big" kids were babies.

And now they're big, and *I* have babies.

And soon my babies will be bigs and off to school. :(

I wasn't expecting to cry, while seeing all these.

Really, I wasn't. But then I see more photos and hear more stories,

and I lose it. *sigh*

Not sure if I'm crying because I feel them... their bigs (that used to be littles)

are all going off to school, or if I'm crying because that will be me soon...

seeing Hattie off to school and watching Meyer be sad

that his big sister is away from him all day. :(

Probably a mixture of both.

I just want to say, "Time!! Darn you! Slow down! PLEASE! For the love of everything that is precious in my little world! SLOW DOWN!"

We went to a playdate today. My friend Angela and I had our daughters, 7 weeks apart (we met in birthing class) and our sons, 11 weeks apart. How cool is that? This was the first time our sons "met," and as you can see, they were both pretty stoked about it...

This was only seconds before Meyer accidentally clawed at Asher's head,

She is such a sweetie and wants to give hugs all day long.
Even to perfect strangers. LOL. :-)

Her vocabulary as of today (Feb 6th, 2013):

Mama

Dad/Dada/Daddy

Yia Yia (her honorary grandma who lives down the street)

CC (her Auntie Camille)

Hi

Bye

Bye, Guys!

Yes

No

Boo!

Uh-oh
Choo-Choo!

Whoops/Whoopsie

This

What's this?

Those

That

Who's that?

Out

Go

Baby

Dog

Kitty

Duck
Door
Hot

Doll

Eyes

See

Ball

Buzz (this may or may not be her favorite word... ;-) )

Sun (her other favorite word)
Moon

Stars

Orange (favorite food)

Bubbles
Pool

Bird

Tickle

Book

Rio (the movie)

Ice

Please

More

Done

Down

Potty
Poo-Poo

Nurse

Bite ("A bite?" when she wants a bite of something)

(In the last month and a half, I swear she's added at least 20 more words. LOL.
She's a talker. ;) )

Even though she talks a lot, she still signs a lot too,

which is great for the words she can't say yet.

Wants to grab for the iPhone any time she can...

She still loves to read and play with dolls and balls.

She also loves dress-up.
Her dollhouse and doll stroller (or shopping cart) are her favorite toys

(along with her dolls, obviously).
She asks for her "Buzz" doll all day long.
(We also have a smaller Buzz action figure for the car. LOL.)

Loves to be outside. Exploring...

Or climbing fences (LOL!)

She LOVES looking at photos of her Dad.

EVERY day, she asks to look at photos of him.

I finally pulled out a scrapbook the other day, and she LOVED it.

Dad on every page! LOL. She was in Daddy-Photo-Heaven. ;-)
Every page, she'd turn and yell, "Dad! Dad! Dad!"

They love to cuddle when he gets home from work.

SUCH an amazing eater.
(I take TONS of photos of her eating because I feel like she's eating most the time. LOL.)

Favorite food is definitely oranges, and even if we don't have them
in the house, she asks for them EVERY.SINGLE.DAY.
It's pretty much the first thing out of her mouth every morning...
"Hattie, what would you like for breakfast?"
"Orange! Orange! Orange!"

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I'm a mama. I'm a friend, daughter and sister. I usually spend my days doing fun and interesting things with my daughter (Hattie) and son (Meyer).
This blog is full of organizing, crafting, decorating, cloth-diapering, cooking, and other fun things and silliness. ;-) I will attempt to add fashion in there. :-p
I hope you don't mind if I throw in some handstands, writing, editing, gymnastics, rock climbing, swimming, cycling, golfing, and... frolicking. ;-)